Ein Harod

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ein Harod was a kibbutz in Israel. It was located in northern Israel near Mount Gilboa. It is notable for being built near the battlefield of Ayn Jalut (the Arabic name for Ein Harod), a battle of huge macro-historical importance where the Mongols were defeated for the first time, in 1260.The kibbutz was founded by pioneers of the Third Aliyah in 1921 on a tract of land near Ma'ayan Harod (Harod Spring, mentioned in the Bible (Judges 7:1) as a place of judge Gideon), and with it, a railway station on the Jezreel Valley railway.show more